acupuncturistn.
/ˈakjᵿpʌŋ(k)tʃ(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /ˈækjəˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃərəst/, /ˈækjuˌpəŋ(k)(t)ʃərəst/ A practitioner of acupuncture.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > surgeon > [noun] > performing specific operations > others
bone-setter?1518
circumciser1535
bronchotomist1670
acupuncturist1839
tenotomist1842
orthopaedist1853
plastic surgeon1863
resectionist1863
cephalotomist1869
amputator1882
brain surgeon1888
tracheotomist1891
neurosurgeon1925
face-lifter1928
plastician1928
psychosurgeon1945
orthopod1960
transplanter1970
1839 R. Dunglison New Remedies 29 By various acupuncturists, needle-holders or handles of ivory have been devised, to some of which the needle is permanently attached.
1887 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 9 June 563/1 In 820, five acupuncturists were attached to the Mikado.
1905 E. J. Hardy John Chinaman at Home xi. 126 There are 367 marking on the ancient copper figures of the human body that are kept to guide acupuncturists in their work.
1956 Burlington (N. Carolina) Times-News 13 Sept. 7 a/5 The acupuncturist, for instance, still treats piles by piercing the skin in the region of the temple.
2004 L. Sutherland Venus as Boy 100 The acupuncturist having an affair with one of the ushers from the downstairs cinema.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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